22 October 2021
45 Pipitea Street, Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
James FYI
fyi-request-16904-
[email address]
Tēnā koe James
OIA request 21/22 0263 Request for the date range of processing for Citizenship Applications
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 27 September 2021.
You requested –
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as at the date of reply, the department is working on Citizenship by Grant applications
that were received in what date range?
In response to your request, I can advise that the oldest unassigned paper application was
received on 4 November 2020. The oldest unassigned online application was received on 21
December 2020.
I note that you have asked for the information to be as at the date of reply, however, because of
our internal sign out processes we are not able to provide you the data from this date. The
above information was captured on 19 October 2021, as this date gave us enough time to
retrieve the data requested, and to provide you with the most up to date information.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on the DIA website. Al requestor data,
including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here
: https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations